Senior Process Engineer

About the role

Senior Process Engineer - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location:

Peterborough (Hybrid)

Balfour Beatty plays a key role as part of the { (6) Anglian Water's @one Alliance:
Overview | Linked In} @Anglian Water’s one Alliance. The Alliance is a ground‑breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry‑leading partners:
Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

Entering AMP 8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period yet, we’re taking on nature‑based, sustainable solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes. We’re setting global benchmarks in environmental infrastructure and empowering our people with exceptional career growth opportunities.

We are now seeking an experienced Senior Process Engineer to provide technical leadership, drive innovation and support the delivery of high‑quality, compliant and sustainable water projects.

As a Senior Process Engineer, you will lead and direct process engineering activities across multiple schemes, ensuring all process design deliverables are robust, compliant and fit for purpose. You will work closely with multi‑disciplinary teams, suppliers and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

• Lead quality and assurance across the process design lifecycle, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to required standards.
• Review and approve process design deliverables including mass balances, process sizing, hydraulic calculations, P&IDs and process flow diagrams.
• Respond to construction site design queries and change requests, maintaining design intent and integrity.
• Support Project Design Managers with design planning, reviews and stakeholder engagement.
• Provide technical input to supplier contracts and review supplier deliverables.
• Champion health, safety and welfare, ensuring compliance with process standards and hazardous area regulations (DSEAR).
• Mentor and develop junior engineers, promoting best practice and professional growth.
• Drive innovation and the use of digital tools to improve efficiency and reduce carbon impact.
• Contribute to wider Anglian Water initiatives including HAZOPs, technical forums and emergency response activities.

• Degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical or Process Engineering) or equivalent experience.
• Chartered status or actively working towards chartership.
• Extensive experience within the UK water sector, particularly process design and capital delivery.
• Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and environmental requirements.
• Proven experience mentoring and developing junior engineers.
• Experience in a Design & Build environment is advantageous but not essential.
• Strong leadership, communication and decision‑making skills with a collaborative approach.
• A genuine commitment to sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of engineering solutions.

This is a great opportunity to develop your career while delivering meaningful, environmentally focused projects.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international…